Mundan Puja

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Mundan Ceremony is performed to the child, the hairs are freshly shaven to signify freedom from the past and moving into their new life. Chudakarana is to  ensure and pray to the gods to bless the baby and pray that the baby grows up into a healthy and spiritual individual free from sins and all that impact the goodness of life.

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Mundan Ceremony or Chudakarana Ceremony : Chudakarana is the Sanskrit word for Mundan or the first hair-cut of the baby. This is a ritualistic practice followed by most Hindus, where parents are very particular about performing this act with all the regular norms.This sanskara is performed typically during the first or third year of age when the child’s original, first hair growth is shaved, frequently leaving only the shikha on the top back of the head.

It is believed that hair on the body is a continuation of the past life, its bad traits that are undesirable for the well-being of the current birth. So Mundan is performed to do away or reduce the impact of those undesirable traits.